Question

on Monday the number of customers in the store rounded to the nearest hundred was 400 what is the greatest number of customers that could have been in the store

Answer 1

Well, if any number is higher than '5' it turns one number more. So, here's a good rhyme to help you: "Five or more, up the score, Four or less, let it rest." The maximum number it could be would have to be '444' because it is not bigger than 445, which would turn to 500.

Answer 2

The greatest number of customers that could have been in the store is 449.

Explanation:

Consider the provided number information

Here, we need to round off to the nearest hundred.

The rule of rounding a number is:

If 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 follow the number, then no need to change the rounding digit.

If 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 follow the number, then rounding digit rounds up by one number.

Now, consider the number 400.

We want the greatest number that's rounds to 400.

For greatest number the number should be greater than 400. We don't want to increase the number at the Hundreds place, so the greatest possible choice for Tens place is 4. For the greatest number place 9 at ones place.

Hence, the greatest number is 449 because 449 rounded to nearest hundred is 400.